Improvement in closet-catches



W. E. SPAR'KS..

CLOSET-CATCH.

Patented Jan.11,1876l.

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APHER. WASHINGTON. Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATEN'I' OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. SPARKS, F NEW HAVEN, ASSIGNOR TO P. & F. CORBIN, OF

NEW BRITAIN, OONNEOTIOUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN VCLOSET'CATCHES.

Specific'ation forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,19 l,l datedJanuary 11,-1876; application filed December 20, 1875.

CASE T.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SPARKS, of New Hav'en, in the State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improved Oloset-(Jatch, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This catch is provided With a sliding latch, having a knob upon the backpart, and a stud projecting through a mortise in the plate. A springbehind the plate enters a notch in the studland serves to project theIatch,and also to hold the back end thereof, so that it will not fallaway from the plate.

This latch is very cheap to construct, as well as being durable andefficient, and the plate and latch are so made that they can be cast,and will require little or no hand labor, and the spring prevents themseparatin g when in use.

In 'the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation. 1`ig. 2 is a sectional planat the line x w, and Fig. 3 is a rear View of the said springclosetcatch.

The plate a is made with a rim, b, at the back, that does not passbehind the end of the latch o, but allows the back part of the looporbridge e, behind which said latch slides, to be open, to facilitatethe molding and casting. There is also a mortise or slot, i, in thisplate for the stud 0 at the back of the latch o to slide in, and a knobor thumb-piece, h, of

suitable Shape is provided upon the latch for drawing back.

The parts are put together by entering the beveled end of the latchbeneath the bridge e, and passing the stud 0 back through the slot i.This stud is notched or undercut to receive one arm of the spring l,which acts to project the latch, and also to prevent the stud o drawingout of its slot in the plate a, because the said spring is between theoverhanging portion of the stud and the back of the plate a.

Suitable -screw-holes are provided for attachin g this closet-catch, anda strike or keeper of usual kind is provided for the end of the catch.

I claim as my invention- The latch o, provided with the stud o, that isundercut, in combination with the slotted plate a, bridge e, and springZ, that enters the notched or undercut portion of the stud, and retainsthe latch to the plate, as well as project-ing said latch, as set forth.

Signed by me this 13th day of December, A. D. 1875.

WILLIAM E. SPARKS.

'Witnesses:

E. J. RowLAND, CHARLES F. GRANE.

